Improvement in feeder for threshing-machines



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No. 86,684. `Paltimtezd Feb. 9, 1869.

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59' tarea geteilt elitista WILLIAM OSTERMEYER, or KANE, ILLINOIS Letters Patent No. 86,684, dated Febr'zm/ry 9, 1.869.

INIPROVEMENT FEEDER FOR. THRESHIN The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

La all whom 'it may concern i Beit known that LWILLIAM OSTERMEYER, of Kane, in the county of Green, and State of Illinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Feeder for VIhreshing-Machines; and I dohereby declare that the following is 'afull and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencel marked thereon.

The object of this invention is to cutthe bands of sheaves of grain, and open and scatter the sheaves, so as to feed them evenly to a'tlireshing-machine, thereby avoiding that most dangerous of labor, feeding threshing-machines by hand, and at the same time distributing the straw to the machine in au even manner, thereby facilitating the operation of the threshing-machine.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved feeding-apparatus, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l of the drawings is a plan of the improved apparatus 4Figure 2 is a side elevation ofthe same; and

Figure '3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation.

A box, or frame-Work, A, supports the operative parts ofthe machine, and its rear, sloping ends a, are to be attached to the tlneshing-machinanot shown.

The forward end of the machine has a hopper, A', into which the uncut sheaves are to be thrown.

In the bottom ofthe box A are placed three conveyerbelts, B B Bi, each driven from the' shaft B" by wheels c c1 c2, each differing in size from the others, so as to cause each of the three aforesaid belts to travel at a dilierent speed from the others. l

The fastest belt is placed at one side ofthe machin e, and the slowest one at the other side, with the one of intermediate speed in the centre, thus giving the straw of the sheaf, as it is drawn forward in the machine, a zigzag motion across the machine, thereby greatly dis tributing and scattering the sheat, and fitting it per- 'fectly for passing to the thresher.

Itis evident that two or more of these conveyer-belts might be used in the manner above described, so as to produce the same result, ornearly the same, as the three conveyers, but the use of the three is probably the best. l

The central belt passes forward into the'hopper A.

and receives the shea-f as it is thrown therein, and carthe cutters.

-oi the machine, and operated by' the crank-Wheel D and the connecting-rod Attached to the bottom side of the said rock-shaft are vertical rakeffingers, or scatterers, d2, which are operated by-the said rock-shaft in 'a vibratory rocking motion across the machine, so as to scatter and divide the she-af across the conveyers.

Motion is to be transmitted to the driving-shaft C from the threshing-machine, or the power driving the from Athis driving-shaft motion is transmitted to the other parts ofthe machine,through the medium of the belts, or gearing,G H.

The sheaf', then, is first thrown into the hopper A', audthenoe carried by the belt B* under the band-cut,- ters C, after which it is distributed laterally by the iingers di, and finally. delivered to the threshing-machine on the beltings B Bl B2.

Having described my invention,

What I claim, is-

1. The belting-conveyers BB B2, when arranged so asto travel at dierent degrees of speed, for the purpose of' distributing the straw in a lateral manner, as described and set forth.

2. The lateral distributers (Il, as and for the purpose shown and described.

In testimony of which invention, I hereunto set my hand, in presence of- Y VILLI'AM OSTERMEYER.

Witnesses M. RANnoLrH, GEO. P. HERTHEL, Jr.

ries it back to the band-cutters G, which are placedV `A longitudinal rock-shaft, 1),- is placed over the top' same, by means of belts or gearing, not shown, and 

